Comment on this story Comment Most of us are walking around with an array of poorly understood chemicals in our bloodstreams and livers — an unintended consequence of the great 20th century heyday of chemical innovation. They’re so stable they’ve been …
by: Taylor Begley Posted: Mar 18, 2023 / 12:39 AM EDT Updated: Mar 20, 2023 / 02:42 PM EDT SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The URI women defeated Boston University 46-40 in the first round of the WNIT Friday night, the first postseason win in program …
This week on Newsmakers: General Treasurer James Diossa discusses how the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is affecting Rhode Island's pension fund, as well as other economic issues; on the second half, a reporters' roundtable featuring Target 12…
URI Watershed Watch seeks volunteers to monitor ponds, streams, coast Photo: Westerly’s Grant G.Simmons III takes a sample at Napatree Point. Photo courtesy of the Henry L. Ferguson Museum. Last year’s intense summer affected water quality in ponds, lakes …
SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — The Lady Rams are in the postseason for the second year in a row. URI will host Boston University in the first round of the WNIT on Friday. Tammi Reiss is the first coach in program history to lead the Rams to back-to-back …
URI researcher discusses parasitic fungus at the heart of HBO sci-fi series Tony LaRoche If you’re a fan of HBO’s post-apocalyptic series “The Last of Us” – or the video game that inspired it – you’ve probably heard the term Cordyceps. In the show, the …
March 17, 2023 A blood drive in honor of Leo Carroll, professor emeritus of sociology and criminology & criminal justice, will be held Wednesday, March 22, from 1 to 7 p.m., at Christ the King Church, 180 Old North Road In Kingston. To schedule an …
March 17, 2023 To Our URI Community, I am pleased to share that Bethany Jenkins, professor of cell and molecular biology and oceanography, has been appointed interim vice president for research and economic development, effective April 8, 2023. Elevating …
KINGSTON, R.I. – March 17, 2023 – The power suit is far from dead. But in the last 100 years, it’s gone from the essential business wear for men and women to just one of the many choices available today for the high-powered executive or the nervous job …
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Do you remember what you were wearing in 1972? Wakefield resident Amanda Downing Carney does, and she wasn’t even born. Carney is the costume designer for “The Inferior Sex,” a new play by Jacqueline E. Lawton opening in previews tonight …
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — Surrounded by sounds of calming music and videos of ocean habitats projected onto walls, University of Rhode Island professors and students discussed their experiences with the oceans in an immersive “Oceans Tell Stories Through People …
RHODE ISLAND — Important dates are coming up for Coventry residents eager to get outside and start digging in the garden. The big question: When is the danger of frost over, making it safe to put plants in the ground? The Old Farmer’s Almanac offers a …
Revised labor market data significantly impacted Rhode Island’s economic outlook says University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro. While it is too early to reach a definitive conclusion, Lardaro believes the economy’s recent behavior in light of …
Posted on March 15, 2023 Updated on March 15, 2023 Providence Business News honors college’s ‘top tier’ status, response to COVID-19 pandemic KINGSTON, R.I. — March 15, 2023 — Honoring its standing as a “top tier pharmacy college,” as well as its …
Thupten Tendhar is named the recipient of this year’s MLK Jr. Peacemaker Award for his work at URI.
College of Pharmacy named top 'Health Care Educator’ for its top tier status, extraordinary work during COVID-19 pandemic.
Rhode Island is mobilizing a small army of "tiny but mighty" bugs to help save its majestic hemlock trees. Brought into the Ocean State from Virginia, the predator beetles named Laricobius nigrinus were released in the Richmond woods earlier this …
Looks like Malcolm X is still ruffling some feathers after all these years. Thirty years after the Black Student Leadership Group at the University of Rhode Island protested over a quote from the civil rights leader, NPR reported the school has removed a …
URI Watershed Watch seeks volunteers to monitor ponds, streams, coast Dave Lavallee Last year’s intense summer affected water quality in ponds, lakes, rivers and streams throughout Rhode Island – for the better in some places, for the worse in others. …
KINGSTON, R.I. – March 15, 2023 – As a student and Buddhist monk in India, Thupten Tendhar’s introduction to the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came when he read a small chapter in a book about the civil rights activist. When he joined the Drepung …
